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LOTS,
SHOES FOUI
it?"?^?b^reiL." ; ;^
^^.SPSfeftSP05, flE^TY^ND FANCY
Hl^^ED FBIIITS.
^^^^mit^'' Apples, Cherries,. kc.,. ;..
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s^^sj BS .*
^y^^TF^ifcPUOlKlSBES WHEREVER
^^3^ro^'StCX03J^: grows, and a wei!
^^^^j^j^^^^tyftds net annaal i o co me of
p^^^^^^^^^lm now selliog fine- two jear
^^^^^^arserj?oa <be Orchard/'
'KEELS,
r DUCKER /& BDLTBIAN,
STJMTEB, a C.
g^?f&l .-?-7r-. >, ~. -
c>iJ)i?B itoNDs*-Fo? past
six years each, and every one bf
.jim have no dout t heard of the
Business BS&|"owned ?i^ c?n*
jp We. now r coiner before ^o?
again, andWf&fcd
saying thapa^l?
plethe innaoiSn? ???&fe%?it?1
Cock' Cou?tV^nnv?^ lM^soin? [
bqsxaess transaction, TJe?a?serj
s?; small, o^^Uarg^
ab?vfe named flrmraumg taose.
sixo years.e**:?^ :
three moite^ ?f?-newspa?
pers'in :^?^V??l?ir^!B^?:<< .
writing a\t?1& u$fo NeviSEfeo^
; which is likely-, to take plaoiiv
ous poMcaF^ff?ira, and we say, ;
rig?itv they are^ to advocate - it,
probed sufficien t reasons '^cat?:
be. given &^;(mr< present :
r^rit?tiv^^
our affairsn? ?*e right and pip-;
per manners < p^M0?? j ^
? LeUjii* be^^^t^^^toc^BeUK^
time nor space to dwell tipos politiced
afiaiitkat present I ' Sboald :y?n desire a
change you ein assert; your rights when
election time comes. 'IS?t nhljrtoe the;
people a righi, to chao ge iheir representa
ti ve? io the legislative hills;'bot
also have a right to change the plac :
where they hare been trading in - past
j ears, when they find that the mao with
whom they baye C;been ivtr?diug Jj im?
posing ?npoo them by charging high
"prices for iaierlor goods and afc th?
very time ?hen the so-called . 'King"
Cotton is-Jow in price, it is every one's
duty to get full valae for bis hard-enrn
Proud, je*?f?hiy :de%htedt ire we, "
to inform Jon. at thia; rtime when every
body is advocating a "New 'Deni," not j
ooe.of our friends and customers bas
ry et said io oar hearing, * 'I nm tired
trwGng atmSK^
I want-a new deal and a change. To
the CODtrary?~we can safely tell voa our
business is increasing -day after day, and
whilst times "are bard we are now? as
well as in the past, ready and willing to
gell ali of ouz~.g$odx in acco^aance w?kc
th? hw price of cotton-, '? \
We have ' made it a rale, and hope
every ooe ia'-Sdnrter'^Oonotj will do
likewise, N?rer Advance Backward, .
%ft? always goffori?ard, und let the past
take care of J itself^ JOT instance, if a
merchant bays a stock of goods and
keeps them in store say thirty days, it
is, in our opio iou a very poor ide? to
-Hell hts customers that he has, in order
to sell his stock, advanced prices back?
ward, because , it only -shows that the
stock was marked too high at first: '
We never, or hardly ever, sell at cost,
'for we most-'-live on the profits i 'bot
werteter mark our goods more than v??
pay us for handling them, nn? unless
we have a lot of old goods, yon will
rnever,-we hope, bearns cry "Advance
Backward." i^e-are willing to sell
yon goods with small margins above
cost, ?nd thus we are always able to
oilier New Goods at New Prices, and
hence no need to Advance Backward,
because the .people buy our gooda fast
enough to avoid having old stock.
; We have recently enlarged Store, and
don't you forget, oar Stock has (?Uso been
'increased, and we have a good force of
polite and attentive Clerks, and, adding
to this oar low prices'and good quality
of Goods, we don't hesitate to say but
what you will continue to patronize us
in future as well aa you have in the
past.
To Oiose who have never traded with
us, we would my-Give as ? trial
: when yon are ready to boy, and also
when yon are ready to sell yoor Cotton?
,for we are in position to pay the highest
prices, according to market, and we
GUARANTEE FAIR DEALING.
Well, remember that we carry the
- BEST LISE OF
fancy liroceries as? Coafes??on?
: IN THIS TOWN,
and we also carry a good stock of ?
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Shoes, Hats and Clothing,
and we hate just opened a case of
? PRINTS which we will-'sell yon at 4
cents per yard, and a case of
STANDARD PRINTS
j which we will sell.you
[ 5 CENTS.
Y ..These are XJhoiee Goods t and are
* worth 6 to S cents.
| These are REAL BARGAINS, and
yon should not fail to secara ?one of
them.
More neat time.
KespectfaHy,
WICKER & WLTMAN. ?
State of South. Carolina/
- \ SUMTER COUNTY.
' I?T THE :GOMMpN \PLEAS^
John 7. Brunsen^ ?dm^riOor ?f J.
?jfesa Haywood* \ Elizabeth: Rafa.
sPOo?, Sa^tid Ha^?oo^r ?t?u' p?^\
: fendants- -:;:?; VJ- '. : ; \
TX? y?BT?? ofV ?ecretai order madeln the.
fl above entiileoVcause and dated-F^brjtary: ;
lSt?, 1881, I *wflT s?lLJa? public ioction in
front of the Conrr?wise >n tb? Town of Su m?
ter in said Stat^nTfojoo>y, December-Tib,
f'l885y {ol' day Jo^w^;r "between ibeliours.
of ll o'clock iajpi?oxwoonjp? 5 o'clock fr;
.toe afternoon, nH>%Ro%in?$r^im?r." '. : A
'"All that t^rt-.of- .land-: litaate in said.
County, ?nd Stat?, containing" one; ho nd red
and two (102). acres more or le? bounded on
the North by lauds of^nj.-Royce and Theo
dor* Kinney ; on ? be East by lands belonging
to the Estate of . James B.; Bronto ?.? f- on jhe.
South by lands of Robu <X McFaddiu, and
on the ;West by lands of Miss Mary Brunsoo."'.
1 Terms of Sale--Cash. . ;> ? ?
The purchaser"toVjwy; for littles: ?. ??,
: : : % JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Master.
iNov. 9tb 188&oo .sirn;;>i ? fl - -'- :,:
State of Sffatfc GaroBaa,
j IK ras C?fxaa^XhoimowV^Ml
BY. VIRTU?of* ?eereml Order, made in
the- a bore ec tried cause, and?'dated.
Oct. 24; 1885, 1 will sell at public Auction ia
front of the Coar>Hotse in the Town of Sn ra?
ter,in said Sti>te on Monday- December-7tb,
1885, (or day foUoWiog.):betweentbe boura
of I I ol clock in.rtbeforeDOOD, and 5 ol clock
in the afternooir, ?n?following premises :
Af! the right, title nnd interest of the said
Johnson Wilson- i o -and to all tbat tract of
land conveyed by TT J. Coghlan, Sheriff, to
Daniel Miller and Johnson^ Wilson by deed
dated the 17 th day of Oct ober, 1871, and de?
scribed io said deed as follows, to wit: "AH
that'tract of land in Sumter County contain?
ing, by st r*sy of John T. L. Gourdin, (dated
in 1870,)?ue hundred and forty-nine(1*9)
acres, and is design H ted .on said plat as No. 3,
(three) bounded. Northeast bj -lot No. 4 of-j
said plat ; NorjWest by lands bf . .? Han
?ock4 ^est by lot 'No;; 1 :|one) of said plat
and Sob th by No. 2 of said plat, ?aid deed
(to wit, the deed last above referred' tQ) being
recorded in Register of Mesne Conveyances
office for Sumter County in Book T Tat page
435., ;.: ** ? ;' - .
Terms of Sale-^pash . f . .
Purchaser to^p^vPfoKn??e^ry^
- -JOHN.S. RICHARDSON, Master.
: November 9,; 1885. ? *' -
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
??T THE Cpjr^..0P. C0MM0X FjLRABr ;
William B. Corbett^ Plaintiff, os. Ed
. leard^Wh?e; I)'efenxlant.
EY TOTUEfof.A decretal ordertnade in
the above^Jscialed c?u^ and.. dated Oc?
tober 17tb, 1885, I will sell at publi? auction
io front of the Court House in the Town of
Sumter inlaid State, on Monday, December
7th, 1885, (or the day following, ) between the
noars of ll, o'clock in the forenoon and 5
o'clock in the'aftern??n, the following prem?
ises: . .
. All thai-parcel ;or, : tract" of land situate in
Somier County abd State aforesaid, conveyed
to the Defendant, Edward White, by the
Plaintiff, William, B; Corbett, on "tne twen?
tieth" day of december, 1882, (and for the
purchase money bf .wbicb the bond abd mort*
*gage?foresaid.w?r?./givea?) lying On.Po?ey
Bridge Branch and Rocky'Bluff Swalbp,. con-.;
baining three hundred and eleven: acres, more
or lew, being a apta i on of the land formerly
owned by James NI Corbett, bounded North
.by lands of Estate of Geo. W. Lee, deceased ;
East.by lands "bargaTue'd to Absalom Davis ;
South by lands.,of J. Barton Lee and John
Durant, and West by lands of Joe Caldwell,
Jany Durant and Estate of Geo. W. Lee, de?
ceased. >
? Terms of Sale-Cash.
" Purchaser to pa? for all necessary papers.
JOHN &;RICHARDSON, Master.
MASTERS SALE.
THE STATE; ?F^S??TH .CARODA,
iCOUNT^ PF SUMTER.
I? THE COURT br COMMON. PLEAS ;.
A. Sidney &milh <&:Son\ -Plaintiffs, vs.
Isaac'Cato, Johii Ji Cato, Sergentha
Hatfield, Mary Burgess and Celia
Cato, Defendants*
BY VIRTUE bf a decretal brUer, made in
the above entitled cause and dated Ocr.
17tb, 1885,1 will sell at public auction tn
front of the Court House in the Town of Sum?
ter, ia said State, on Monday; December 7th,
1885, (or day following) between the hours
of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock
in the afternoon, the following premises :
All that tract, piece or parcel of land, situ?
ate in Sumter Coonty and State aforesaid,,
containing one hundred acres, bounded on
the North by lands of Isaac Cato, Sr.; on the
East and South by lands of Isaac Cato, Jr.
and West by lands of Scipio Chapman.
Terms of sale-Cash.
Purchaser to pay for necessary papers.
JOHN S. RrCHARDSON,
Nov. 9 Master.
KEEPER FOR POORHOUSE.
. OFFICE OP
County Commissioners,
SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. G., November 10, 1885.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL
. at their meeting, Dec. Ith, 1885, elect a
Superintendent of the Poor House, for the
-next year. The duty of said Superintendent
will be to take caro of any Pan pera, whether
of sound or unsound mind, provide suitable
food, make up necessary clothing, kc. Thc
Clerk of Board will farther explain to any
one calling on him. Applications can be
"banded tn at any time' previous to December
7th. Bond required for faithful discharge of
duties.
By order cf Board. T. WALSH,
Clerk Board Co. Commissioners.
Nov 10-4t
W. T. MILLER,
BOW IAN G GREEN, KYt
BREEDER AND SHIPPER OF
Saddle Mid Harness Horses, Btffistftr
.dBerksMro Hogs, Pure South
Down Sheep, and Plymouth
Boefe Chickens.
Imported Surprise II, 1T465, at head of
Berkshires. Fifty Berkshires, Twenty South
Down Ewes in lamb, and One Hundred
Plymouth Rocks, now ready to ship at follow?
ing prices :
Pigs, two to six months old, $10 to $20
each; Boars of service age, $20 to $30:
Sows in pig, $25 to $35.
Plymouth Rock chickens, $1.50 to $2 each.
South Down ewes, 1 to 3 years old, $10 each.
SAFE FOR SALE.
-c.-' .? .
QNE LARGE IRON SAFE, in good
Vr?er for sale cheap. Apply to
pt 15 H. F. WILSON.
d?iMSTOFS GIF]
? 1 '^r'MjGKCONWAY.
ttutAor o/ "Called Back,1* "Dark Dav,
"A Fadmly Affair* etc
; 2 rAKT ' THE SECOND* .:,.':.*
?T0U> 3T RICHARD FENTOSr, OE FRENCH!
GLOUCg&TK^maE)
I* . .. . - . :
I ?mABTERi i L J. J : K i ?
As my old friend; 9?h? BrandJ^'askefl.i
todo this, I ??pipos?' I* muet.-^Brand's
right' good felipw.?nd a cterer ie?ow, ti
has pkn ty of ero tf?nets-o? bis'owru f TheV wot
1 know of hiin is that h e insista ' lip?n, ha vi]
lus .own way wi&?pe^ev ^Wlth1 ffiose" wi
differ from hinibt is.as ?tstinafce ois a mu
Anyhow, he has ^always ^fcad: his own Wi
with- me\ This ^ustoio, so far as I am co
cerned^ comme?ced years ago- when we we
boy#! at-school tcV;^hwt:?n^\I;h?veney
be?n_able to shake' offv tho bad' habit of gi
ing Si te him. He has promised.to see til
my Queen's English'is ^presentable, for/,
.tell the >truth,*? an^^aidre-' at home aero
country ? than across, foolscap, and' my ft
gars know the feelaf the reins or the trigg
bet er than that of the p?n.
All the sc me-I hope he won't take t<
many ?rjertlei witii my style, bad though
may be*, for old- Brand at times: is apt . i
getM-well, a bit prosy. To hear finn; on tl
imbject of hard work and the sanctity ther
of approaches the sublimel, : 1
>g What freak took'me to the little God-fo
saken village of 'Midcombe in 'the depth <
winter is entirely -between myself and in
conscience. The cause, having no bearii
upon the matters I am asked to tell ye
about, is no ora's- business but mina-I wi
only say- that now r would not stay in sue
a place at such . a time of the year for tl
sake of the prettiest: girl in the world, li
alone ticte bare chance of meeting her. one
or twice. But ' one's ideas .change ; I am no
a good bit older, ride some two stoi
hoarier, and have been married ever ?
many years, l'erhaps, after aU, as I loo
.back I can find some excuse for being sue
an ass as to endure fer more. than.a for
hight all tile discomforts heaped upon me i
that jittle village inn.
'1 A man who sojourns in such a bobas Mic
combe must give some reasoner doings;
My ostensible raa?on was bunting. I had
horse with me, and a second-rate subscriptio
pack of slow-going mongrels did meet som?
where in the Leighbbrhood, so ho ons cool
gainsay my explanation. Bot if nuntin
was my object. 1 got predous little of it t
few days af ier: my arrival s bitter, bit?n
>fros>Lset,in-a frost as black as your har, an
as hard as nails. Yet still I stayed on. .
:- Prom privat* ?'mforfna?io? receiv?d*--s-n
matter, how, wban 'OT-where-1 knew the
some people in the neighborhood had orgax
ized a party to go skatingt>n a certain da.
at lilymere, a fine sheet of water^ome-da
tance from Midcombe. I guessed that some
one whom I joarticularly desired to moe
would be there; and a3 the ekatiug at Lily
mere' was free to any one j?bx>.chose to tai
the.trouble of getting to such an ont-of-the
way place, I hired' a horse ?nd an upolog;
for a dog-cart, and at 10 in the mormui
starte! to drive the/twelve mi!e3 to th
pond; -1 took no. one wita me I hai: bee;
to Lilymere once before, in bright sunime
weather, so fancied I knew the way wei
. enough. . .. _ . '
The sk7 when I started was cloudy; tb
wind was chopping round in a way whicJ
mad? the effetu.^ustic oil ostler predict .
. change of weather. He was right. B?fofi
I had driven two miles li ?ht snow began t<
fall; aid by the time I reached a Arretchec
little wayside inn/about h xah from tin
Mere, af film of white covered the whbl<
country. I stabled my hon-ds as well as ?
could, then, taking1 my skates with me,
walked down to the poad.
Now, whether T had mistaken the day, oi
whether' the threatening; fall of show had
made certain people. change their minds, ]
don't know; bat, to my annoyance and vex?
ation, no skaters were to be soen, and, more?
over, the uncut-, white surface toH me that
none had been tm the pond that morning,
Still, hoping they might com3 in spite of the
.weather, I put on my skater and weat ont
side-el ging and^grape-viniig all over the
place. " But as there was no parson in par?
ticular-in fact, no one at all-to note my
powers, I soon got tired. It was, indeed,
dreary, ' dreary work. Ba*;. I waited and
hoped until the snow came down so fast; and
furiously that I felt sure tiiat waiting wai
in vain, and that I had driven to J t?ymert
?OTiwthtng.
Back I went to tile Stile ina, utterly dis?
rusted with things in general, and feeling
that to break som? one's heal would be a
relief to me in my present? state o: miad. Of
?Urse, a seas ibis man would at once have
. got his horse between the shafts and driven
borne. Bus, whatever I-may be now, in
those days I was hot a sensible man-Brand
"will, I know, cordially indorse thin remark
the accommodations o? the inn wai not such
ts to induce ono to linger within its pre?
cincts; but tba fire was a right good one, and
i drink, which I skillfully manufactured out
.of some hot beor, not to to despised, and
proved warming to the body and soothing to
the ruffled temper. So I lingered over the
big fire until I began to feel hungry, and
apon the landlady assuring ma that she
could cook a rasher, decided it would be
wiser to stay where, I was until the vio?
lence of the suow-storm was over; for com?
ing .down it was now, and no mistake!
. And it kept on coming down. About
half-past throe, when I sorrowfully decided
I was bound to moko a move, it wa,: snow?
ing faster than ever. I harnessed my horse,
and langhing at the oil Woman's diemal
prophecy that I should never get to Mid?
combe in such weather, gathered up the
reins and away I went along the white road.
I thought I know the way well enough. In
fact, I had always prided myself upon re?
membering any rood' once driven ovar by
me; bat does any one who has not tried it
really know how a heavy faU of snow
changes tho aspect of the cou-itiy, and
makes landmark ? snares and dt-lusioas? I
learned all about it then, once and for alL I
found, also, that ibo snow lay much deeper
than I thought could possibly be in so short
a time, and it still fell in a manner almost
Minding. Yet I went oh biavely and m iirily
for some mles. Then came a bit of un car
taint}*
Which of those two roads was the right
one! This one, of course-no, tho oth?r.
There was no house near; no one was likoly
to bo parsing in such weather, so I was loft
to exercise my ire?, unbiased choice, a
privilego I would will ugly have dispensed
with. However. I malo th3 best selec.ion I
could, and followod it for some twoinilrx??.
Then I began to grow doubtful, and soon
persuading myself that I was cn the wrong
track, retraced my strps. I wa? by th?3 tim >
something like a hugo white p?aster-o?-PorJs
figure, and tbs snow which had accumulate J
on the old dog-cart made it run heavier by
half a ton, more or le*-. By the time I caniG
to that unlucky junction of road s at which
my misfortunes b'garu it was almost dark;
tho sky as black as a tarpaulin, y^ t sending
down "the white feathery flakes thicker and
faster than over. I felt inclined to curse my
folly in attempting such a drive, at any rate
I blamed myr-cif lor not haviag started two
or three hours earlier. Ill warrant thnt
steady-going oU B:r.^ n:ver h-v;l io accuse
himself of such foolishness a? mino.
Well, I took the other road; weat on 35me
way; cama to a turning "which I seemei to
remember, and. nrt without misgivings,
followed it My misgivings increase i when,
after a-littie while, I found the road grew
foll of rut", wbicn the snow and darku >ss
quito concealed from rae until tho wheels
got into thora. Evid-ntly I was wrong
again, I was just thinking of makin z tho
best of my way out of this rough and un?
frequented road, when-there, I don't know
bow it happened, such things s?ldom occur
to me-a stumble, a fall on the part of my
?ired horse sent me flying over tb4 dash?
board, with the only consoling thought
that the rems were still in my hand.
Luckily the snow had made the falling
pretty soft I soon picked myself up and
set about estimating damage?. With some j
I difficulty I got the horse out of the harness, J
and then felt free to inspect the dog-cart, j
Atest after the manner of the two-wheel j
Mad, whenever a horse .thin Vs fit to fall, I
one- shaft had snapped off like I a ' carrot; ~su
here"was I, fivj^m?es app^ently ;from any.
where, in the thick of a blinding snowstorm,
? left standing helpless- beside a jaded horse
and a broken cart-I sfroula lik? to_ know
what Brand would haye done under the cir?
cumstance?.
. As for me, I reflected for ' some minutes
reflection in a'snowstorm is' weary work.. X.
reasoned, I believe^-logically,,,.and at last
came to this 'decis?oiu I would follow
. road. as l.^us^?tedJlt.was but ? cart'
track, it would probably soon load to a hab?
itation-of some "kind.'' Any way, I' Bad bot?
ter'try a bit far?Jipr< .J took, dwi! of ? the
wearied- horse,*"and' with" snow'under -my
feet, snowflakes w^?irling -. round nao, and a
: wind blowing right into my teeth, strug?
gled 0%
- It waa a journey!,! think Lmnst haye been
three-o^xar?ers?'?f an- ^hour-going." about a j
qnarter.jof a m?v I was just beginning to
despair," when -I.saw, a welcome gleam of
?jSght. -I steered toward it,-fondly, hoping
"that my trout}?.we at^JH? ena. ; If pun i
. the light stolethrough tho ?U-fltt??g/irhV
dow-shutters pf what. taotned, gp, farj.as ;T
could make out in the darkness, to bc a small
farm-house. Jjring-^to-.a gaie.?ho '.knotted.
, reins by whlc? I had been leading tho horsa,
1 staggsrad up-to^o^-dopr and.knocked,
loudly.-^ Upon my "honor, niitil I-leaned.
: against that dcor-ppst L had .no idea, how
tired I-was-nntil lhatmoniant I, never sus-"
ipected that tba lin ding of sps-edy shelter
meant absolutely saving my hie. Ccyared
from hsad to toot with snow, myhattc:ush.4"
in, I muss have Leia a pitiable objje':.
I fell forward into the.hanse.
Ko answer came to my first summons. It
. .was only af t T A.S ^cond and more imperative
application of my heal that the door deigned
to give way: a tew in chea. Through the
aperture a woman's voice asked who was j
there. - ; .
"Lofe me in,1* ^ aaid. *? have missel my
'way to Midcombe. Hy horse has fallen.
Yon must give mo shelter for the night.
Open the door-and let me in.".
"Shelter! You cent get sheltered hero,
mister," said a : man s gruff voice.. ^Thi*.
- ain't an inn, So- you'd beat be off and ?o
elsewhere."
"But I must come ia," I said, astounded afc
such inhospitality; "I can't go a step further.
Of-en the door at oncer
% **You be hanged," said the man. "Tis
my hotee, not ycart'l .
"But, you fool, I mean to pay you well for j
your trouble. Don't you know it means
death wandering- -about on such a night
as this? Lotnw inr'
"You won't come in here,'' was tbe brutal
-and boorish-reply. The door closed-..
That I was enraged at such incivility may
be oas?y imagined; -bot- if I said I wax
thoroughly frightened I believe no OM would
be surprised. As getting into that hons?
meant simply life or death to me, into that
nouse I determined to get,'bj* door or win?
dow, by fair means or by toni So, as the
door, closed I hurled myself against it with
all the'might I could muster- Although: I
ride much heavier now' than I did then, all
my weight at that time was bone and mus?
cle. . The violence 'of my attack tore from
the lintel tho staple waich held the chain;
the door we nt tack with a bang, and I foil
forward into the house, "fully resolved; to
stay there whether welcome or tm welcome.
n.
DO door through which I had burst like a
battering-ram opened straight into a sort of
kitchen, so although I entered in a most un?
dignified way, in ?act on my bands and
knees, I was well. established in. the center
"of the room before the man and woman
emerged from: behind the door, where my
successful assault had thrown, them,
'-stood up and-laced them. They > wera a
coupler- cf ordinary, ? respectably-attired
country people? The man, a sturdy, strong
built, bull-necked rascal, stood scowling at
me, and I concluded making op his mind as
to what courselo pursue. L '< .
"My good people^" I said, .'you are be?
having in the-'most unheard-of manner.
Can't you understand that I mean, to pay:
you well for any tremble -I- give, you} But
'whether you like it or not, hara I stay to?
night. To turn me out would be sheer mur?
der."
So saying I pulled off my overcoat and.
began shaking -the snow out cf my whiskers.
I dare say my determined attitude, nay re?
spectable, as well as my muscular appear?
ance, impressed my unwilling hosts. Any?
way, they gave In without more ada- cWb?e
the woman shot tbe doer, through which the
snowflakes were whirling, the man said sul?
lenly: ; .
"Well, you'll have to spend the night on a
chair. We've no beds, here: for sfcuugers.
'Specially those asain't wanted." -
"Very well,- my7friendV Having settled
the matter you may as well make yourself
pleasant. Go and put my horse under cover,
and givo him a-feed of some tort-make a
mash if you can."
After, giving tho woman a quick glance, 03
of warning, my scowling best lit a horn lan?
tern and went on the errand I suggested. I
gladly sank into a chair and warmed myself
before a cheerful fire. The prospect of spend?
ing the night amid such discomfort was not |
alluring, but I bad, at least, a roof over my'
head. ...
. As a rule, the mora churlish the nature
memore avaricious it is found ' to be. My
promise of liberal remuneration was after
all not without its effect upon the straus^
couple" whose refusal to afford ino refuge had
so nearly endangered inj ?if?. They cond
scendod to ge J mc some tea and rough food.
After I had disposed of all that the m m
produced a bottle of gin. We lilied our
glasses and then, with tho aid of my pip?? I
settled down.to make the test of anight
speni in a hard wooden chair.
1 had come across strange people in my
travels, but I have no limitation in saving
that my host was the sullenest, sulkic-st,
most boorish specimen of human nature I
had as yet met with. In spite of his rocent
ill-treatment of me, 1 was ready to est?bil ?h
mattera on e friendly footing, and miad3
several attemp's to draw him into conversa?
tion. The brats would only answer in mon?
osyllables or often not answer at all So I
gave up talking as a 1 a 1 job and sat in si?
lence, smokiug and lookinj inro tho ln*3,
thinking a gcod deal, ib mi y be, of soma
one I should ha .-e met that morn in g at Lly
mere, had the wretched snow but kept off.
Tho long clock-that cumbrous eight-day
machine which movitably orcup'os ono
corner pf everr cct!c-e.\ U.chen-2truck
-. ii"*"?- *"w;? woman rose and left u% I con?
cluded she was going to bcd. If so I en?
vied her. Her husband 5-howed no signs of
retiring. He still sat over the fire, opposit3
me. By this tima I was dreadfully tiied;
every bone in my body ached. The hard
chair which, an hour or two ago, seem-xl all
I could dosire, now scarcely came up to my
idoas of the comfort I was justly entitled to
claim. My sulky companion had been
drinking silently but s'eadily. Perhaps the
liquor he had poured into himself migh:
have rendered bis frame of mind more picas
ant and amenable to reason.
"My good fellow," I said, "your chairs
are excellent ones pf th? kind, but deucedly
uncomfortable. I ant horribly. tired. If
the resources of your establishment can't
furnish a bcd for me to Sleep in, couldn't you
find a mattress or something to lay down
before the fireP'
"You've got ali you'll get tc-night," ha
answered, knocking the ashes out of bis
pipe.
fOh, but I say!;'
"So do rs?y^-Ij&ay tilia?. If yon don't lite;
it ycra.caa leave Kt* We didn't ?sk you to
?onie."' ?j **fi?i3 ':'
, "Ton infernal beast/' ? mattered-and
meant it, tocr-I decJare-?hacVInotbeen so.
utterly worn ont, I would have had that
bullet-headed ruffian up for ajew round? pn.
his own kitchen floor, and tried, to knock
him into a moro amiable frame oZ,mind., j
ii ''Never mind," I said,' "bot remember,
civility costs 5 nothing, and often gets re?
warded. Howeve", if you wish to retire- to
your own coach? don't lat your narira ; po?
liteness, stand in your way. Pray don't
hesitate on my account. Lea ve plenty of
fuel, and I shall manage until the morning.1'
, ''Where you. ,stayf I stay,'-' he answered.
Then he filled his pipe, and one?, more Je?,
lapsed into stony spence.- .:;'i%?:rw. ">? - i vi
yt I bothered about him no more. I dozed off :
for a few minutes-fi^kd-^do2?d off again
for some hoars. I was in an unc xniortable
{Mit of half sleep, crammo i full of curious
dreama-T-draam ? from which I started,
-wondering where I was and ho wi got there; ;
I evonsbegan to grow nervous. All sorta of
'horrible tra ve&rs?- tales ran through my
bead. It was in just such places as this that
/Utxsuipecting voyagers, were stated toi have;
bsen murdered and robbed, by just such ua?
-Uiitigated ruffians-as my host; 1 caa te i yon i
that altogether I spent a most unpleasant
night. -v'"' '
To* make matters worse and more dismal,
.the storm stdF Tareel outside. . The-wind
moaned through the trees, but it had again '
: chang*!, and ? knew from the sound on the
window panes that heavy rain had suc?
ceeded snow. - 3 ?As . the big drops of water
f cand t heir way down the lar ge old-fashioned :
chimney, the fire : hissed ?and splutterer!"like
a spiteful vixen. Everything combined to
deprive me of" what;'dog's ' sleep I could by
sheer persistency snatch.
I think I tried every position which an
ordinary man, notan acrobat, is capable of
adopting with: the -assistance of a common
wooden chair. I even lay down on the bard -
flags. I scruaBy'tried the table. 'I propped
Up the upper half of my body against the
corner walls of thfl"Toom; but f ound no rast; '
At last I gave np all idea of sleeping, and
:fully aroused -nryeelt^ I: eonifdrted' myself
by-saying that my misery was only tempo?
rary-that the longest night must con? to''
an end. : n ^
My companion bad0 bynow succumbed to
fatiga?, or to the^combined effects of 'fatigue j
and gin-end-wa^?r. .2:E&liead: was hanging'!
sideways, and ha slept in a most unco mi ort- j
able attitude. I chuckled as I looked at
hun, feeling quito sure that if .such. a clod
was capable of dreaming at* ali' his dreamj
must ber wors e even than mine. . I filled an?
other pipe, pokfcd the smoldering k>g^ Into a
blasa, and sat ahnott nose and kaeee over th?
fire, finding iBwaljBBjiswijB^tt specnlatingt
upon the condition of the churl before me,
' ead thanking the tord I was not like unto
this man. Suddenly , an Idea flashed across {
-ne. _ ,,. "' ''' - ? ' - -
I had ^een this fellow before. But when
or where I contd not remember. His feat?
ures, as I looked at them with keener inter?
est, seemed to "grow more and more familiar
to me. Where cpu'd I have mot him? Some?
where or other, but'wh?rer I racked "my
brain to associate him with some scene, some
event.. Although he was but an ordinary
countryman, such as one sees scores of isla
days ride, only differing from his kind on
account of his unpleasant face, I felt sure wo
were, old acquaintances. When he awoke
for ? moment and changed his strained atti?
tude, my feeling grew stronger and stronger.
Yet pt izzle and parzle as I woo ld, I could not
call to mind a former, encounter; so at last 1
began to think .the supposed recognition waa
pure fancy on my part. ' _^-"T
B^Mkmpked out several J^?sV I
thouVI ftM^yvou^^l??slight break
to tiff I Wkmk\ iP^s proceedings.
8o I drew out my case and looked at its con?
tents. Among the weals was one of a
lighter 'color than the others. As I took it
out I said to myself, "Why, old Brood gav?
me that one when I was last at bis house."
Curiously enough that cigar was the mis ung
link in .the-chain of my memory. Ail held it
in my hand I knew at once why m r ho? t's
ugly face-seemed familiar tome.
About a fortnight before,.being in town,
I had spent the evening with the doctor. Ha
was net alone, and I was introduced toa
tell, pa-'e y^ung'maa-named Carrxstca. Ho
was a' pleasant,. polite young fellow; al?
though- not much in my line. At first I
judged' him to . be a would-be poet of tbs
fashionable miserable school'; but finding
that he and Brand talked so much about art
I eventually decided that he was one of the
doctor's many artist friends. Art is a hobby
he hacks about on. grandly. (Meta. Brand's
own attempts'' at pictures are simply atro?
cious!)
Jost before I left, Carri s ton, the doctor's,
back being turned,: asked rae to. step into
another , room.' ' There he showed me the
-portrait of a maa. It seemed very clever
ly drawn, and I presumed he wanted me tc
criticise it _v jy^Vi ,
- "leam a predoas bad judge," I said.
"I am not asking you topas; aa opinion,",
said Carriston; "I want to beg a favor of
you. lam almost ashamed to beg it on so
short an; acquaintance."
He seemed- modest and net in want af
money,* rso Iencourajrod him to proceed.
: "I heard you, .say you were going into the
country," he resumed. "I want to ask you
if. by any chance, you should; meet the origi?
nal of that drawing, to telegraph at once to
Dr. Braad." l : .
"Whereabout? docs he liver .
'1 have no idea. If chance throws him
in your way please do as I asi."'
"Certainly I wil'.V I sa d, seeing th3 young
man made the request in solemn earnaA j
He thanked me, and then gav? me a small
photograph of the picture. This photograph
he begg .^d me to keep f*i my pocketbook; s>
that I might refer to it in case I met the
man he wanted; I put it there, went my
way, and, am sorry to say. forgot all about
it. Had it not bee a for tho strange cigar in
my case bringing back Cu-ri-ton's unusual
request to my mind, the probabilities ore
that I should not have thought ag ia of the
: matter. Now, by a reniarkablo coincidence,
I was spending the night with the very maa
who, sb far as "my memory serve 1 me, must
.have- sat for the portrait shown me at
Brand's bouse.
'1 wonder what I di 1 with the photo/' I
said I turned ont my letter-case. There it
wusV right enough! Shading it with ono
bani, I Cv.ro.ud/ compare! it with tho
sleeper.^
Shading it irith one hcnul I carefully com
pared it with the sleeper.
Not a doubt about it! Soferas a photo?
graph taken from a picture caa go; ft was
the man himself. Tho same ragged beard,
the same coarse features, the same surly
look. Young Carriston was evidently a
wonderful band at knocking off a likeness.
Moreover, in caso I had felt any doubt on
the matter,- a printed note at the bottom of
the photogiraphLsaid that one joint was miss?
ing from a right-band finger- Sure' enough,
my friend lacked that sm?H portion cf- his
misbegotten frame.
Tbfc* discovery threw me into to ?estasy
of delight. I laughed so loudly that I. al?
most awoke the ruinan. I guessed I was go?
ing to take a glorious ir ve aire for all the
discomforts I bad suffered. . No one, I felt
sure, could be looking fer such a fellow as
this to do any good to him. I waa quite
happy in the thought, and for the remainder
Of the night ideate J over" the idea of puttiag !
a-epok?in th* wfc?d of ema who had t*
within sn ac? of earning my death.'. : ? j
. *ohod h the moment Lgot bcclC \ tb C?T??J
tien,' to send, the defered intelligence
.-Brand, and hope for tho best. :
fTO .BB CONTTJrbtp.^ / T. .
What Our Editors Say.
r reo 3etter School Houses.
Qos of the most pressing nee?s^.
connection with the common tchpols
uncommon school bouses ; that iafscho
h o uses different from tte ' average. Ord
nary school Rouses now tn uss: " At
thia is-troc whether the schooLi be fr
schools or pay schools, 01* par% Loth?
ra short, it Untrue in ?riy event. . Wn
What is t^fi character of tt e sebo
h oases pow io^ase throogbocttie tom
4ry places t Are they such as thc
pughit .to be T5-^??-$^* ot V&?&?i?
calcol?ted to inspire ambition,;poHb
,oesa, refinement and -elevated ideas
As a role, they ; are 2 not ; sod - no ot
i nows this better th tri the parents wi
send' their children to .them-^Or^ the
would know it if they would take tb
trouble to think about it. Bat to
tbey mil ?Dl^^l^i^j^^r J
ts a maller of much importance. ?J-"'
. There can "be DO doubt in themind 1
any one that -people,especially th
young, are influenced by iheir snrroao c
iogs. 5 Let their surroundings- be yu
gartcdrude' nod their minds becom
so, to som e\extent at least. On th
contrary, ifr their surroundings 1
elegant and refined, their .minds wiltt
influenced in .that direction. There ts
healthy stimulas to the mind in a Dei
school booae.^'; A hoy or girl in a oei
aod attractive school room will not 001,
learn faster, bort will alsc learn better
the effect will be apparent not only i
his better recita ti 00 a, but in bis bCba
vi or sod general demeanor. So tba
from a selfish standpoint it would pa
to hate neat and attractive scboc
fiooseit. %?* - - ? ; #
:. Besides that, children bare a right t
be neat and comfortable. The fact tbs
they cannot enforce this right shoal
make parents tho; inore aux ions an*
determined to secure it fox them. Help
lessoess and dependence are entitled t
ge nerosi ty an d magn a n i mi tyTo sen<
a ob lld to t he average co o nt ry achoo
boase for his. education is to maitres
him. : Ia many eases better provision t
made for cowhand horses and sheep so<
goats, than for children. Many men"
males stand in stables: that are bette
than the school boase their boys am
girls spend the-day in. Moat of th?
country schools are a reflection OD ih<
refinement and ci viii ratio D of tho com
01 unity io which they are located
Mose oT them ar?h^imnly Jo&M?ts, cov
ered with^ls^?ardsiro
with^rucTthe floor-laid with onplan>d
-uogrooved plank, 00 ceiling, DO glasi
in the windows, rude puncheons with
oas backs for seats-and the wind whig
ties tkroogh cracks in the floor, walli
and-roof. While the poor pupil is bak
ing, one side of bis body before a bog<
fireplace, dirt-bedaabed tnd rook
bearthed, the draughts from door anc
windows and yawning cracks are free*
ID g h is other ti d e; What k i nd of worl
cao be expected onder such circum?
stances?
Let us have better school houses bj
all meaDS. A real good school Lous*
can be built-framed, wkd ted paint;
ed, with i^good brick chimney and fire
pltce, and glass in the windows, and
comfortable seats-for a boot $150,
Sorely toy community cao afford an
outlay like that. The com mo ni ty thal
does this will be amply repaid in tb(
good; iofloeoee it will hate oro the chi)d
feo, oot 00ly as regards their books,
bat in their improved manners and
mor?is. * And there cannot help betag 1
reflex influence for good on the comm a?
nity at large.
GWe the childreti better school
booses. ?? ;v.
Newspapers and Crime.
, NeM^Beraldani^ewt.
A newspaper can do. mach io a wt j
that is entirely onobjectiontble toward
the creation of a healthy public opinion
upon the subject of crime and ill pun?
ishment; and if it does oot do this it
comes short of one of the highest aod
most sacred doties of rho public press.
While a newspaper should oot attempt
to influence the verdict of a jury j
it ts right tod proper that it should
bold that jory up to the scorn tod con -
tempt Of thc public wheo its verdict is
made op io otter disregard of the law
aod the evideoce, and io violation of
the sacred obligation of the oath sd?irn'
is te red.
. g
Free Trade.
Newbefry Herald and Xact. r,;
The organisation of a Free Trade
Olob io. Columbia the other day is a
step io the right direction. The prin?
ciples and policy which Col. Dargao
announced are the right thing if free
traders- hope or expect to make any
progress toward success. Col. Ber?
gen's remarks were spirited and stirring
and tbe bordeo' of them was absolute
free trade and direct taxation.
The large majority of the meeting
heartily endorsed the positi on which he
! took, and the delegates, elected to the
Free Trade Convention io Chicago were
instructed in accordance with these sen?
timents". The object of tbe dob as em?
bodied in s r?solution is to disseminate
among the people of Sooth Carolina
correct doctrines of taxatioo. The dob
abopted a resolution requesting each
County to organise a free trade dob
and to elect delegates to a Convention
to be held in Colombia, co December
9th. We belie re that good will come
of this oiovenienf. hy attracting the at?
tention of our people to the question of
free trade, aud exciting an interest in
the principles involved, and a more j
toorongo and earnest study of One of |
[ the most important problems of the day. j
Let the free ?'rade clubs be organized, j
Pensions.
Camden Journil.
We have before speken of and written ;
tfpon this subject, and now, as oor Leg- ?
?sratore is aboot to convene. We beg to j
call it tor their especial attention', and to j
urge, most earnestly of ge, positive ac- ;
tion in the matter. ? It would scarcely \
be necessary for us to make any impas- j
! siooate appeal to the hearts ?od sytn>?
j thies of oor people in behalf of thc f
i widows, orphans and disabled of our
State. Every instinct pf manhood, pa
triotiem sod doty itself calls opoo os-to
'??p.; *-tK?-v'--??'-i-'?? .^'"r-^'-^rs-.'?-*-r-.-.r---. '/?T'i
means, : the amount and
left to ita wisdom, aud to tier
for spe^jg^^^^g ^?&&M?M
William Hosea Ballou-eay? in- <
New7 York ZYmes : The mysterious*-,
uwful depth ot;W4?&t'?^^ -
fruitful subjectto comment
tiona of-i t are reasonably e ?ppoae4 to 1>?
bottpjnj??s. W^^^rn^ "
wascoe
persons attsmp^ed to.; sonnie*
directly beneath it
tin pail with ??bes ant
a rope'. Tba -current
with it Theo
attached a bsxS?T railway
which actually. floatedu awm?M?
fierce counter currents. >JL-io^
ago the Uoited Stale* ,^keaV;SarS^:>
came here, and as recorder of.the^st?
obtained.^^wr- at. once -?af^^e^l^
corrents woul^teMTfJ^
aod proposed to test thesmaU?stT^^B ?|
ble weight. We iooVa lead, wei?t
the form of a ptomoob," wei?h.i^H|^^
teen pounds, attached itt&*-&0&fn?^
strong- ^cord. rr^!^n^yt^^x^^^^^M
services of one of th>. ferry .^M?m^^
and started out into the ?f?caiBu|^^^^p
boatman was_i?rflrered tovrow :lSs?^S^^^M
under ii^Tallaas pessi?p??? and' '?iSei^l
wli^ef?ffejforfe^bflS^^^
fer of the p^r?ifit skiftv -?^^^^
approached the-Tou[?^t9?^:mS?&^^^^
more terri bl ?r'ttntU we were not Onl^ '?' -v
unable to hear, ^1^^:^^^^
refused to opon an^ttera,sp?n^??.j|?t JJg?
several days ??erimrd so'tne .-of'?e^r^^^B
ty were so deaf .as lo be unable .
tiognisJi one "SP^^BL^^^^^^^^^
lead was cast first,, near thc ?mej?M?i^^
fafls? where, bottom I wa? ?ou^ ^^Si
83 if?et Rosi M ^^-sf?Wpmv^?
found ioo;j|g:^!|^nJro^^^
oarsman's streugt? failed,r^q?^^^^^M
craft: began to dart down stream. '''APT^S
eipry cast of ~*tue;Jt??^fer^?r5rafe^^
.'deefer-until in " front 'ot t|e^^.ff?j^^
railway the old guide and mosti.Sttn^i^
party becamoiteiror-ttr?eaw ??^
ed to go further down TsireamV^He^g^:-:
the lead told off 192i^ZW^'i^^^
then able to compute the .depths-lower ;
down by simply asceiiararnri?fe^^
of tl^.?re^
lower bridge'^'^^^^'??/j^^^
erablyj and deepens to 210 feet] '^S^St^^i
down, at the- Whirlpool r?r?d?;tl?r'^
gorge beeo?'ef y?^\j^.^y^^^^
currents terribly fierce. Here lue^mCJ' f?j
puted depth was ,850 .feet::k'OfO^mi&k-??
in the gorge is still uair?wery ?au<?*
wonld exceed OeW^?f SSpSSgii
Whenjbe de^&of waitef S-^e^a^g
consideration, the height of the eanoi-1
walls above tbe??ar?cemuBt*uofrte ^
gotten. These waTO ira^e ^Wo^^^^
to 350 feet itt'freight; oiten'pfirn^^grJg
lar, so thai the Septos i? it?'^?^^?
range from 350 to 700 feet. * . -: ?
^ >? mfa** ' ~ v>J<'? -
? Very Common Beyil^&?^^
A poor bot Honest editor was ij>?iO'?i
on a pass, in a free boat, off flre^orifev*
coast last month., -.J^J^^^^^^?
aside for a moment " wn??e be toolt:l)B*/:>"
hts note book-.to jot down a few-Sw^Bfi^^
Thoughts. Suddenly an" ocropoa^Wt^ Al ?
arms tnlfty feet long"; i^achetf ^np^rer^y^
the side of the boat and! grappled.bini'. ""
with* three of its tongi tembl? cling?a|^
if mi. A cry ofnorror rose tmu&wi?i&?^
crew, bot the editorwrote;^mt^^^ : ?
The octopus reached up two mcw_arjBrs^
and took a firmer; grip?, and .. b*4^':^;v7^
pull- Every man on:det?^^te?fei?B*?^^
the editor sat perfectly: stH? st? esiluffi^
wrote on. . ??^?^J/
When tir?: crew recovered1 coji^ottVr
ness, the astonished* jailors saW ihe ex*'"
hsusted octopus slpwrV s?nkm?|n^^l8<Jf^
ocean-deptns, wlrn?; ?V? strained - ?nct?
disabled arnis banging Irmp and nelp^
less. While the editor was: fds^iVrt^?f^^
his ey?s from his not? bookv ^J^esit^ ??.
me r be"saf<f, 'where am IT ft yos>^fc^^
see! Did any one tonch my sbo^I?r^^i ?
I declare I thoo^frt t wW baek vn^^fc^ ^
oFd sancl?ra.' with old *Tedta(S* l?n??B^^
side and 'Constant Header'' <w tbeoifer^^!^
holding me fe>t while they told'm?:no#j?% ii
foran the Fourth ward ^ucos^.^cF:>
what the city counci? ou^nttol?b ?a^e^l^
matter of tue Oak Street sower. ?a 31 J- %
most -have tfeen . difi^iu^-5----???^^S&i;^